Environmental Security and the Anthropocene: Law, Criminology, and International Relations

Posted: 29 Oct 2018

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Cameron Holley

UNSW Sydney, Faculty of Law, Connected Waters Initiative Research Centre, Global Water Institute; University of New South Wales (UNSW) - UNSW Law & Justice

Clifford Shearing

University of Cape Town; University of Montreal, School of Criminology; University of New South Wales; University of Toronto

Cameron Harrington

Durham University - School of Government and International Affairs

Tariro Mutongwizo

University of New South Wales (UNSW) - UNSW Law & Justice

Amanda Kennedy

University of New England (Australia) - School of Law

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Date Written: October 2018

Abstract

This article analyzes the implications of the Anthropocene for the governance of security. Drawing on environmental law, green criminology, and international relations, the article examines the development of environmental security scholarship over recent decades and shows similarities and differences in perspectives across the three disciplines. It demonstrates that the Anthropocene represents a significant challenge for thinking about and responding to security and the environment. It argues a rethinking is needed, and this can benefit from reaching across the disciplinary divide in three key areas that have become a shared focus of attention and debate regarding security in the Anthropocene. These are, first, examining the implications of the Anthropocene for our understanding of the environment and security; second, addressing and resolving contests between environmental securities; and third, developing new governance responses that mix polycentric and state-backed regulation to bring safety and security to the planet.

Suggested Citation

Holley, Cameron and Shearing, Clifford D and Harrington, Cameron and Mutongwizo, Tariro and Kennedy, Amanda, Environmental Security and the Anthropocene: Law, Criminology, and International Relations (October 2018). Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Vol. 14, pp. 185-203, 2018, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3273803 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-101317-030945

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Cameron Harrington

Durham University - School of Government and International Affairs ( email )

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Tariro Mutongwizo

University of New South Wales (UNSW) - UNSW Law & Justice ( email )

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Amanda Kennedy

University of New England (Australia) - School of Law ( email )

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